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Friday, June 1, 2018

Layering Color Combo Guide with Catherine Pooler Inks

Hello! I wanted to share with you a project that I've been working on that I hope you'll find helpful! If you have followed my blog for long, you know how much I LOVE Catherine Pooler’s inks! Out of all the inks I’ve ever had (and I have MANY!) they are my favorite! As I was stamping and also visiting with friends I would often wish I had a guide for what colors layer well together. So I've worked to put one together!

I hope that this helps you as you play with different color combinations and helps you make decisions as you purchase your ink colors (although I recommend getting them all!!). 😁 I find that sometimes when I don’t think that colors will layer well they truly surprise me with how beautiful they look together! You'll never know until you try!

I tried to get the colors as true to life as possible in this guide, but all monitors are different so I apologize in advance if a color is not exactly what you expected as you stamp. The colors can also be different based on if they need to be reinked or not. During this process I did reink a few of my pads so some colors may be brighter on some samples and lighter on others. Also, I didn’t do a great job in keeping all of the sample colors together so you may find random colors mixed in where they don’t belong. When I first starting stamping this I didn't realize I was going to do so many and then share them! Maybe some day I’ll reorganize them. LOL! I also stamped a few color combinations twice...I just lost track!

The stamp set that I used for this guide is called Faithful Flutterings and I chose this one because it has 3 layers. I know that I didn't cover every possible layering option, and especially didn't cover all layering options for 3 color-combos but hopefully this will still serve as a good reference point. (I also think that Catherine is working on some layering options as well so you might soon have 2 guides to help you along the way!)

If you have questions, please feel free to drop me an email! I'd also love to hear if this guide has helped you at all! I have inserted each individual page below and I am also working on a PDF file for your reference.